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This question was asked before a kotei and several people weren't quite sure what would happen...
What happens if someone tries to use the action on Black Silk Castle on my dead Lion Clan Personalities? Is the action unusable because of the restrictions on Black Silk Castle?
The two actions on Temple of Death seem to be worded slightly differently. Are both actions unusable on my dead Lion Clan personalities?
This question was asked before a kotei and several people weren't quite sure what would happen...
What happens if someone tries to use the action on Black Silk Castle on my dead Lion Clan Personalities? Is the action unusable because of the restrictions on Black Silk Castle?
The two actions on Temple of Death seem to be worded slightly differently. Are both actions unusable on my dead Lion Clan personalities?
The removal of a dead personality on Black Silk Castle is an effect, not a cost.
As such, he won't be removed from the game against a Hall of Ancestors player, but Black Silk Castle's destruction effect will still occur.
Enjoy your costless killing! Note that you still have to target a dead personality for Black Silk Castle's action.
Finally, The Removal effect on Temple of Death's actions are costs, not effects, so you may not use dead Lion Clan personalities of a Hall of Ancestor player for Temple of Death's actions.
In response to this ruling: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=74522
I don't see how this makes sense in interaction between Black silk and the Hall.
Black Silk Castle Battle: Even if this card is bowed, target one of your unbowed Personalities: Remove from the game an enemy player's target dead Personality. Destroy a target enemy Personality with Gold Cost equal to or less than the removed Personality's Gold Cost.
Highlighted the concerned part. I understand that Black Silk removing of a dead Personality isn't a cost but it says it has a restriction to only killing personalities with good cost less than the removed. I would understand if it killed a personality with gold cost less than the one targeted but how can it kill one with less gold cost than the one removed if no card was removed?
In response to this ruling: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=74522
I don't see how this makes sense in interaction between Black silk and the Hall.
Black Silk Castle Battle: Even if this card is bowed, target one of your unbowed Personalities: Remove from the game an enemy player's target dead Personality. Destroy a target enemy Personality with Gold Cost equal to or less than the removed Personality's Gold Cost.
Highlighted the concerned part. I understand that Black Silk removing of a dead Personality isn't a cost but it says it has a restriction to only killing personalities with good cost less than the removed. I would understand if it killed a personality with gold cost less than the one targeted but how can it kill one with less gold cost than the one removed if no card was removed?
All of the targeting for Black Silk Castle is done before any of the effects occur: in particular it's done before the Personality is removed. That is, although Black Silk Castle requires you to target based on the cost of "removed Personality", that Personality is still in the discard pile when you do the targeting. Moreover, because of "Blind Cards", Black Silk Castle cannot "see" that the Personality won't be removed from the game because of The Hall of Ancestors' trait, and because the removal is an effect not a cost, the enemy Personality is still destroyed.